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improvement recorded between 2008 and 2009. in the first half of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. According to the report, reductions in average emissions were made across all model segments compared with 2009 levels, contributing to the significant drop over the past decade. respectively on 2009 figures.

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MAY 30, 2011

Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, emissions are estimated to have climbed to a record 30.6 tonnes for China, and 1.5 tonnes in India.

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decline in energy-related CO2, according to the latest report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Natural gas CO 2 emissions have increased every year since 2009. Since the late 1990s, the transportation sector has produced the most CO2 emissions. Although real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.5%

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JUNE 1, 2010

In August 2009, at an ACS meeting symposium focused on the conversion and utilization of CO 2 for fuels and chemicals, Sandia researches noted that significant advances have been made in the field of solar thermochemical CO2-splitting technologies utilizing yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ)-supported ferrite composites. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The fraction of total CO 2 emissions remaining in the atmosphere has likely increased from 40 to 45% since 1959; models suggests this is due to the response of the natural CO 2 sinks to climate change and variability. 2009) Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide. Tags: Climate Change Emissions.

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APRIL 11, 2012

The Solar Thermal Electrochemical Production of CaO without CO 2 (STEP Cement) process is based on the STEP theory of an efficient solar chemical process, based on a synergy of solar thermal and endothermic electrolyses, introduced by Licht and his colleagues in 2009. Earlier post , earlier post.). —Licht et al.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

From: Geoengineering the Climate (2009) Click to enlarge. It is an unpalatable truth that unless we can succeed in greatly reducing CO 2 emissions we are headed for a very uncomfortable and challenging climate future, and geoengineering will be the only option left to limit further temperature increases. Professor John Shepherd.

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APRIL 24, 2009

Emissions of two of the most important climate change gases increased last year, according to a preliminary analysis for NOAA’s annual greenhouse gas index, which tracks data from 60 sites around the world. Tans (2009) A new look at atmospheric carbon dioxide. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Credit: NOAA.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

In December 2009, the EPA Administrator found that the current and projected concentrations of greenhouse gases endanger the public health and welfare; one year later, EPA announced a proposed settlement agreement to issue rules that would address GHG pollution from certain fossil fuel-fired EGUs.

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DECEMBER 25, 2012

Capturing CO 2 emissions from large power and industrial plants and putting it to beneficial use or storing it in deep geologic formations is a key element in national efforts to mitigate climate change, DOE says.

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JULY 15, 2009

Tossell of the University of Maryland notes in the new study that other researchers (Brooks 2006) discovered the molecule—a macrocyclic amidourea—while doing work unrelated to global climate change. Tossell (2009). Tossell (2009) Catching CO 2 in a Bowl. The ready formation of this compound suggests a high stability.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

A team of climate scientists from eight US national labs and academic institutions have successfully incorporated the nitrogen cycle into global simulations for climate change for the first time, questioning previous assumptions regarding carbon feedback and potentially helping to refine model forecasts about global warming.

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DECEMBER 30, 2009

Liuqun Gu and Yugen Zhang (2009) Unexpected CO 2 Splitting Reactions To Form CO with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Organocatalysts and Aromatic Aldehydes as Oxygen Acceptors. Tags: Catalysts Climate Change Emissions Fuels Hydrogen. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja909038t.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 as a group, partly thanks to large emission reductions from economies in transition in the early nineties and more recent reductions due to the 2008-2009 recession, according to the report. Global CO 2. Source: JRC.

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JULY 20, 2012

The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas. In the European Union, CO 2 emissions dropped by 3% to 7.5 tonnes per capita. the United States (16%). the European Union (11%).

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MAY 14, 2013

From 2009 to 2010, only 14 states saw a decrease in emissions. Climate Change Emissions' The greatest percentage increase was in Nebraska at 16.0% (6.6 million tonnes), while Colorado experienced the greatest absolute increase (11.8 million tonnes or 13.9%).

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APRIL 7, 2009

The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. The car industry advocates a linear system, in which tax levels are directly proportionate to the car’s CO2 emissions and every gram of CO 2 is taxed the same. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Policy.

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Our planned demonstration is the first attempt at proving that we can simultaneously mitigate greenhouse gas induced climate change and generate clean baseload power using geothermal energy. Our approach relies on this gradual loss as a way to store a power plant’s CO 2 underground rather than emitting it into the atmosphere.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Stuart Licht (2009) STEP (Solar Thermal Electrochemical Photo) Generation of Energetic Molecules: A Solar Chemical Process to End Anthropogenic Global Warming. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Methanol Solar. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 2, 2010

Lead author Kharecha and colleagues note that current climate science indicates that atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, already at 387 ppm in 2009 and rising, need to be reduced to no more than 350 ppm. Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Climate Change Coal Emissions Nuclear Policy.

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MARCH 11, 2009

In addition to evaluating the lignite seam’s CO2 storage potential, the enhancement to coalbed methane extraction will also be evaluated. The validation phase (2005–2009) generally involves small-scale field tests and includes the PCOR Partnership lignite test. In collaboration with Eagle Operating Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

EU sales of new passenger cars relative to global sales have decreased from 34% before the financial crisis (2008/2009) to 20% today. To maintain market shares and to accelerate the transition towards low and zero emission vehicles, the Commission is proposing the new package of measures.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Climate models used by bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change often do not fully include these long-term processes, thus these models do not entirely represent the sensitivity of the Earth’s temperature to carbon dioxide. Dowsett (2009) Earth system sensitivity inferred from Pliocene modelling and data.

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JULY 15, 2009

At accepted values for the climate sensitivity to a doubling of the atmospheric CO 2 concentration, this rise in CO 2 can explain only between 1 and 3.5 °C Once these other processes have been identified, the authors wrote, their potential effect on future climate change needs to be taken into account. Zeebe et al. Zachos, J.

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MARCH 17, 2010

The cap-and-trade proposal passed by the US House of Representatives in June 2009 puts a limit on the amount of greenhouse gases that each type of utility, manufacturer or other emitter is allowed to produce. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. Mark Jacobson. Articles ASAP doi: 10.1021/es903018m.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Many projections of future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and subsequent warming trends, particularly those used by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), assume a constant airborne fraction to 2100. 2009), Is the airborne fraction of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions increasing?,

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JUNE 20, 2009

The focus of the March 2009 symposium was the retrofitting of existing pulverized coal plants with the capture of CO 2 from flue gases after coal is combusted, or post-combustion capture technology. Consideration should be given to including a component for research on CO2 capture from natural gas power plants. It’s basic economics.”

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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APRIL 7, 2010

in 2009, will increase by 2.1% million bbl/d in 2009, up about 370,000 bbl/d from 2008. The primary contributors to the production growth in 2009 and 2010 are the Thunder Horse, Tahiti, Shenzi, and Atlantis offshore fields in the Federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM). per gallon in 2009 to $2.84 billion gallons in 2009 to 12.3

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JUNE 26, 2010

2009) concludes: The fundamentals of physics and electrochemistry dictate that the energy density of batteries and molecular hydrogen is unlikely ever to be competitive with liquid fuels for transport applications. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Climate Change Emissions Fuels. This same analysis (Pearson et al.

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2009) Click to enlarge. The study applied the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) model for Physical Understanding of Composition-Climate INteractions and Impacts (G-PUCCINI). This model has been used previously to understand the role of short-lived air pollutants in climate change for past, present and future atmospheres.

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

of overall greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and its emissions increased by 23% between 1990 and 2009. These manufacturers need to cut their emissions by less than 5g CO 2 /km to meet the target, a value corresponding to the average reduction of emissions from new passenger cars between 2009 and 2010 in Europe.

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MARCH 3, 2016

The conversion process builds upon the solar thermal electro-chemical process (STEP) introduced by GWU Professor Stuart Licht and his colleagues in 2009. Earlier post.) In short, STEP uses solar thermal energy to increase the system temperature to decrease electrolysis potentials.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. 2009) Click to enlarge. A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

A team of three Cambridge graduates has today received a Land Rover Defender 110 and a cheque for £10,000, at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London, to embark on an expedition of approximately 32,000km, through 31 countries, to raise awareness of the potential impacts of climate change along the Atlantic coastline.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

A paper on their work was published in the 21 December 2009 issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels Methanol. Researchers at the University of Oxford are developing a method for the homogeneous conversion of CO 2 to methanol (i.e.,

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

It proved what we needed to know to stay on schedule to commercialize carbon capture technology for new and existing power plants by 2015, a necessary step to meet ambitious climate change targets being proposed by policy makers in the US and around the world.

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